How long does it take to read Middlemarch?
A Study of Provincial Life
Middlemarch by George Eliot takes about 14 hours 39 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 14 hours 39 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1800. 799 pages, about 219,725 words.
30 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 24 hours 25 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 14 hours 39 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 9 hours 9 minutes |
The page count is the median across 330 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Eliot’s epic of 19th century provincial social life, set in a fictitious Midlands town in the years 1830-32, has several interlocking storylines blended effortlessly together to form a fully coherent narrative. Its main themes are the status of women, social expectations and hypocrisy, religion, political reform and education. It has often been called the greatest novel in the English language.
Subjects: Young women, Married people, City and town life, Fiction, Social life and customs, Married women
